Providing some grande passion isn't ballooning out of control, you should be full of the joys of an active, enterprising life. Don't underestimate how much kudos you accrue from firm (but not hasty) decisions and your ability to mediate in conflicts between other people, and ensure you're paid accordingly. Fine times, too, for easy, sociable encounters - at your party, perhaps.

Aquarius 20 Jan-19 Feb

Between saluting the company flag and holding together your modest apartment, there is precious little time left for you. Your ideals, however much derided by more cynical souls, are there to help you negotiate the balance between the personal and professional, which becomes easier once the Sun reaches Aquarius on Friday. A trip down memory lane looks a rewarding exercise.

Pisces 20 Feb-20 Mar

It may be the big chill outside, but this is not a week to be squatting by the stove, warming your hands. There is work to be done, fellow professionals to meet and advantages (yours) to be pressed - technical prowess and personal charm go side by side. More personal encounters also look promising, though here, patience is paramount.

Aries 21 Mar-19 Apr

Thanks to the odd motion of your planet, Mars, you are only now catching up with professional projects in play last September-November. Now, you can bring them to fruition, and if that takes the odd bout of hard ball, so be it. By next weekend, you're into easier, less confrontational times. Voom Voom.

Taurus 20 Apr-20 May

Thinking big and acting tough is all very well - regarding your career they're necessities - but distinguish between plans that are realisable and those that are hot air. Your tenacity won't of itself bring you success: you have to do deals and make compromises. This is no time to freeze up.

Gemini

21 May-20 Jun

Geminis have nothing against grim reality, as long as they don't have to endure it too long. You'll be moving along briskly next weekend, but first you must grapple with intractable financial issues or paperwork. If you're fixated on a particular beau or belle, don't sweat, they're not going away just yet.

Cancer 21 Jun-22 Jul

When it comes to friends and lovers, remember that everyone is allowed a change of heart; them and you alike. Partners can turn into enemies, lovers into exes, old flames may even relight your fire. With Venus backsliding, best postpone demands for everlasting commitment or separation. That said, it's a serendipitous week for meeting up with the old gang - or the ex.

Leo 23 Jul-22 Aug

When they're coming at you from all sides - 'they' being the little grey men/big angry boss at work, the grasping family and the oddball to whom you are unaccountably hitched - all you can do is prioritise which crisis you're going to handle. Your horoscope suggests the quickest fix is at work, where issues you should have sorted out last October are back on the griddle.

Virgo 23 Aug-22 Sep

Only the most addled Virgo is idle for more than a few seconds, but you can work at warp speed this week, keeping timetables whirring, curing other people's ills and solving cryptic crosswords in a flash. It's your week. The only issue not amenable to a quick fix is your love life, where what was and might have been is curiously relevant. Nostalgia: not your usual thing.

Libra

23 Sep-23 Oct

Even if you left home to run off with the circus at the first opportunity, a family is for ever. The unusual, indeed confused state of your planet, Venus, suggests there are a few issues with your own that need clarifying. Domesticity aside, you look like a hot ticket next weekend - plan/dress accordingly.

Scorpio 24 Oct-21 Nov

If you fancy 'clearing the air' - a phrase here meaning an argument in which choice truths are hurled about - today's Mars-Jupiter clash makes this your moment. Or you can as use these planets to air concerns, understand your critics or go on a spending spree. Don't bite off more than you can chew - or pay back.

Sagittarius 22 Nov-21 Dec

Free as Sagittarians like to be, even you cannot write all your own rules when it comes to work. You can, however, negotiate yourself a canny deal if you practise patience and put a well-planned schedule ahead of your preferred modus operandi, which is likely known to your colleagues as flying by the seat of your pants. Administrate accordingly. Personal stuff? Lightening up come Friday.